How It Works UK Magazine - Issue 190

In this issue

Nautomate: life-saving autonomous boats
Discover the marine rescue technology that removes humans from dirty and dangerous missions.

Super SpaceX rocket engine
This revolutionary new Raptor propulsion system is set to change space launches..

A drone with a rotating detonation rocket engine' approached the speed of sound

venus Aerospace has completed the inaugural test flight of a drone fitted with its rotating detonation rocket engine (RDRE), accelerating it to just under the speed of sound.

2 mins

A group of 60 ultra-faint stars could be a new type of galaxy

A stronomers have spotted the faintest and lightest satellite galaxy ever found: a minuscule, tight-knit group of stars trailing the Milky Way.

2 mins

An underwater mountain hosts creatures unknown to science

An underwater mountain chain off Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island, hosts an astonishing array of deep-sea species, at least 50 of which are new to science.

2 mins

A sleeping subduction zone could swallow the Atlantic

A subduction zone below the Gibraltar Strait is creeping westward and could one day ‘invade’ the Atlantic Ocean, causing the ocean to slowly close up.

2 mins

DNA reveals that ancient American lineage goes back 18,000 years

Members of the Blackfoot Confederacy have an ancient lineage that goes back 18,000 years. This means that Indigenous peoples living in the Great Plains of Montana and southern Alberta today can trace their origins to ice age predecessors.

2 mins

Understanding MENTAL HEALTH

Take a tour of the brain to discover the origins of anxiety and how to tackle it

8 mins

COULD A SUPERNOVA WORDS ANDREW MAY ENGULF EARTH?

We put some intriguing, baffling and bizarre space questions under the spotlight

8 mins

WHAT ARE ULTRAPROCESSED FOODS?

Some natural products are drastically transformed by the food industry, and regularly eating them can affect our health

3 mins

ANIMALS ON THE BRINK

Meet some of the most critically endangered animals from around the world and discover why they're on the brink of extinction

10 mins

HOW STONEHENGE WAS BUILT

Who built this stone circle and how was this ancient feat of engineering pulled off?

6 mins

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The magazine that feeds minds, Welcome to How It Works, the magazine that explains everything you never knew you wanted to know about the world we live in. Loaded with fully illustrated guides and expert knowledge, and with sections dedicated to science, technology, transportation, space, history and the environment, no subject is too big or small for How It Works to explain.